Frequently asked questions and answers for suppliers and manufacturers publishing data for the Child Nutrition Database.
This information is for manufacturers submitting food product information within GS1 Global Data Synchronization Network (GS1 GDSN®) for products to be included in the USDA Child Nutrition Database (CNDB).
This data collection fulfills states' reporting requirements and describes trends in program participation during the COVID-19 pandemic from July 2021 through September 2022. It is part of an ongoing study series examining child nutrition program operations, repurposed to collect waiver usage and trends in program participation and operations during the pandemic.
This decision tree assists industry K-12 product manufacturers on how to publish their product data to the Child Nutrition Database and the USDA Foods Database.
The watermark, is to be applied to all CN contribution statements not supported by product specific documentation and to CN product labels that are distributed without federally inspected and packaged product.
The attached memorandum of questions and answers, issued jointly by the Food and Nutrition Administration headquarters, food distribution and child nutrition divisions, clarifies the use of SAE funds, both as initially allocated and when reallocated, for administrative and other expenses incurred in the food distribution program.
Once you get your new or expanded breakfast program up and running, it is important that you are able to measure progress with implementation as you move forward. This section of Implementation focuses on evaluating your program- what are your successes? Where can things be improved? The Measuring School Breakfast Success document provides several suggested data sources for finding this type of information out.
This module contains resources specifically targeted for the planning phase of implementation. Here is where you can assess your school’s potential ability to offer breakfast, barriers to overcome, and how to propose a breakfast program to other stakeholders.
The attached Q&As are issued in follow-up to Policy Memorandum SP 50-2013, Release of the new state agency Direct Certification Rate Data Element Report.